"Gardnerella vaginalis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species in the genus GARDNERELLA previously classified as Haemophilus vaginalis. This bacterium, also isolated from the female genital tract of healthy women, is implicated in the cause of bacterial vaginosis (VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D006194
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.400.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Gardnerella vaginalis- Gardnerella vaginalis
- Hemophilus vaginalis
- Corynebacterium vaginale
- Haemophilus vaginalis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gardnerella vaginalis" by people in Profiles.
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Vaginal IL-8 levels are positively associated with Candida albicans and inversely with lactobacilli in HIV-infected women. J Reprod Immunol. 2008 Jun; 78(1):76-9.
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Relationship of U1 cell HIV-stimulatory activity to bacterial vaginosis and HIV genital tract virus load. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2005 Nov; 21(11):945-8.
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Utility of Amsel criteria, Nugent score, and quantitative PCR for Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma hominis, and Lactobacillus spp. for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Sep; 43(9):4607-12.
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Female genital-tract HIV load correlates inversely with Lactobacillus species but positively with bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma hominis. J Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 01; 191(1):25-32.
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Detection of bacterial vaginosis-related organisms by real-time PCR for Lactobacilli, Gardnerella vaginalis and Mycoplasma hominis. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2002 Dec 13; 34(4):277-81.
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Activation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 expression by Gardnerella vaginalis. J Infect Dis. 1999 Apr; 179(4):924-30.